International Karate
Alternative title: World Karate Championship  (US)
Platform: Commodore 64
Gametype: Undefined
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International Karate (in the USA it was marketed as World Karate Championship) simulates a Karate competition in which 2 fighters compete against each other in every round. During the single player mode a fight lasts 30 seconds. For each hit you either get half a point or a full point. The one who has 2 points first when the time has run out wins. If you get half a point or one point is decided by the referee. If you lose once, the tournament is over and you enter the highscore with your number of points and the belt colour you have reached (which rises during the course of the game). During the 2 player mode a fight lasts 60 seconds. And there are 12 points. If a player hits, he will be rewarded a point, the opponent will lose a point. If a player has all 12 points or the most points when the time is over, he will win the fight. If he wins 2 fights, he wins the whole game. Between the fights there are now and then mini games with different skill or reaction tasks in both modes. 

 Design 

The two fighters stand in front of a picturesque background. They are wonderfully animated and the background offers a nice diversion with some known scenes. Some place behind the fighters you can see the referee which comments through small speech bubbles. 

 Hints 

The controls are rather comprehensive and this is the reason why I am not going to explain it completely. With the joystick you can release different activities, depending on what direction you press it into (right for going right, right and up for a high hit etc.). Furthermore there are other activities where you need to keep the fire button pressed. In the mini games the controls differ, too. For example, for striking through tiles with the head you need to do a quick left-right movement as soon as the referee says "Go!". In another game you need to avoid items by pressing the joystick up and down. 

 Belt colours and the points white 	 00000 - 05900 
yellow 	 06000 - 11900 
green 	 12000 - 17900 
purple 	 18000 - 25900 
brown 	 26000 - 39900 
black 	 from 40000 

 Fighting types with table of points 

Here you can see three screens from the version by Jack Alien (www.remember.de) with explanations to all activities and a table of points. 

 Solution 

Especially in the lower levels you can quickly win each fight by just doing a somersault foward ((fire)+(forward)+(up)) and then the flykick ({fire}+{up}). Often, the opponent has not moved during the second between these two moves and will be hit fully. 

During the first bonus game (crashing stone tiles) you can reach 2000 points when pressing (fire)+(down) exactly at the moment when the Go command appears. 
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 Cheats 

Press the following keys in the game: 
 "E" and "S", to make the fighters grumble. 
 "X" and "1","2","3" or "4" to change the game speed accordingly. 
 Keep pressed "A", "D", "Z" and "M" for a longer time to change the background graphics. 

 Trivia 

Since 28.03.2008 the game is available for Nintendo Wii Virtual Console as download.


http://www.c64-wiki.com/index.php/International_Karate
